Chapter 14 Concocted Cannons

100 guns,

Even if they are all such light cannons, the weight is about 1,000 pounds. The required iron material is more than tens of tons. This kind of iron material is also a big burden for the two battalions. After all, the most iron used in the camp and the Cao camp is nothing else, that is, weapons, and all weapons can't be scraped to cast cannons. Not to mention that the copper and iron materials in Xiao Yuan's camp have been scraped clean. Therefore, after Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai discussed, he immediately sent cavalry to search for iron materials in the prefectures and counties to which Henan belonged, and iron materials from all directions were continuously sent to Xiao Yuan's camp from all over the country.

It's just that most of the iron materials sent over are finished iron, and they must be re-cast before they can be cast.

In this way, Zhang Xuan hurriedly calculated, the weight of this artillery would only be greater than before.

Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "Wait for a month or two, a hundred artillery pieces will cast the city, and when the time comes, I will see if Kaifeng City is really cast with copper and iron." ”

With such a big movement, it is impossible not to alarm the officials and soldiers in Kaifeng City.

Kaifeng City Tower.

Gao Mingheng leaned on the railing and looked north.

Three miles outside Kaifeng City, there are thousands of soldiers waiting for the battle, there are also cavalry arrays on both sides, and eleven cannons in front of the formation are fired endlessly. Cannonballs hit the walls one after another. Occasionally, one or two hit low and landed in the open space in front of the city wall, and occasionally one or two hit it, crossed the city wall, and hit the palace of the king of Zhou.

The position of the Zhou Wangfu in Kaifeng City is also sitting in the north and facing south, and behind the Zhou Wangfu is the north city wall.

Every shell hit the city wall, Gao Mingheng could feel a slight shock under his feet, this kind of shock is not big, after all, the place where the artillery bombardment is not at the north gate, there is still some distance from the north gate, and the vibration is transmitted to the north gate, which is already incomprehensible. It's just that Gao Mingheng's spirit is concentrated on this, and he can feel a trace of fluctuation.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Gao Mingheng turned around, in Kaifeng City, civil and military attachés of all sizes are here, all here. "The thieves bombarded the city wall day and night with artillery, relying on the virtue of Emperor Taizu, the city wall is only a small damage now, but if it goes on for so long, the city wall will definitely not be supported. In Kaifeng City, 400,000 living beings rely on this city wall. Now what are your strategies to defend against the enemy? ”

"There is no fault in concocting cannons." Huang Shu said: "The former Song Dynasty king guarded Taiyuan, that is, to concoct cannons, why not use this method today." ”

"Lord Huang, there is not enough artillery in the city, and the great general's cannon is shooting several miles away, but there are only four or five. And there are more than ten artillery pieces listed under the thief city. Chen Yongfu said. With his original intention, he was unwilling to go toe with someone like Huang Shu, but at this moment, Chen Yongfu had to speak, after all

He knew that these civilian bigwigs talked about the war, but the real tactical issues were at a loss, and if he didn't make it clear, he didn't know what inexplicable results would be discussed.

"And even if all the artillery is dropped, it may not be able to suppress the thief's artillery, with the aim of the artillery, it will hit several miles away, and there is no accuracy at all, and the city wall is so big that it will not be able to run. Therefore, it is easy for thieves to attack me, but it is difficult for officials and soldiers to attack thieves. ”

"Anyway." Gao Mingheng said: "I want to transfer all the cannons that can shoot from a distance in the city, and from today onwards, shoot at the thieves." ”

"My lord, the thieves are scouting everywhere, searching for iron tools everywhere, and it seems that they will continue to cast cannons." Chen Yongfu said: "If the thieves only have eleven cannons, for a while, the city wall can still resist, but after a long time, I am afraid it will not be able to hold on." ”

"Yes. My lord. Huang Shu spoke beyond the others, and said: "Now the number of victories and defeats is not in Kaifeng City, but outside Kaifeng City, the thieves came to Kaifeng City in late April, and now it has been more than half a month. ”

When it came to food, everyone talked and said, "Yes, my lord, now that the price of grain in the city is soaring, I am afraid that there will be chaos after a long time?" ”

Gao Mingheng said: "Huang Tuiguan, Benfu will give you my royal flag, no matter what method you use, you must stabilize the price of grain in the city, can you do it." ”

"What's so hard about that?" Huang Shu said proudly: "It's just borrowing a few heads for one use." ”

Huang Shu's eyes swept and he saw that there was something wrong with the eyes of several local officials in Kaifeng City.

Without him, the grain reserves of Kaifeng City cannot be supported for three months, but it is a fact, but it will definitely not be able to hold on for even a month, but some people want to make a fortune. The person who dares to make a fortune in the country, the one who has no backstage, and it can be said that there is no backstage, does not dare to do such a thing.

And his backstage is in the middle of the room.

After deliberating for a long time, he finally did not come up with any constructive suggestions, but Gao Mingheng's purpose was also achieved.

To achieve great things, the purpose of Gao Mingheng's large-scale discussion of war defense strategies has never been war defense, but food prices. The price of grain in Kaifeng City has risen, it has reached four taels and one stone, if it continues, the outside of the city has not yet hit, and the city will riot first.

I have to Li Zicheng to grasp the season very high, and cut off a season of grain in Kaifeng City, which is nothing to those who have savings? But for those ordinary people, that's a fatal thing.

Although the artillery outside the city is powerful, but the Kaifeng city wall is also powerful, it is impossible to break the city without bombarding for more than ten days, but the people in the city have changed, forcing the people to live from thieves, Kaifeng City

It's at stake.

Gao Mingheng sent Huang Shu to deal with the price of grain, and left Chen Yongfu to discuss it carefully.

However, after talking for a long time, Gao Mingheng frowned.

If the officers and soldiers had the ability to fight in the field, they would not have given up the sheep and horse wall in vain. As for the method of concocting cannons, it is of little use. If we do not solve the problem of accuracy, it is useless to concoct a cannon at all.

Suddenly, a servant came from outside the door to report, saying that Zhihe Tongzhi Sang Kai asked for a meeting, saying that there was a way to solve the problem of the accuracy of the artillery.

Gao Mingheng immediately sent someone to invite Sang Kai in.

Sang Kai came in and bowed, but was grabbed by Gao Mingheng and said, "Brother Xian, but there is a solution." ”

As a technocrat who has never received such great courtesy, Sang Kai was a little flattered for a while, and said: "My lord, Xia Guan was taught under Mr. Xu Wending. ”

Xu Wending is Xu Guangqi. Wending is Xu Guangqi's nickname.

"It turns out that the virtuous brother is a senior apprentice of the scholar of Xu, no wonder the virtuous brother is so proficient in water conservancy." Gao Mingheng's eyes lit up, he remembered a person, that is, Sun Yuanhua, in the Chongzhen period, who was the first person to firearms, must be Sun Yuanhua, although Sun Yuanhua's legacy was inherited by the Manchus, Sun Yuanhua himself also has such and such defects, but as far as a technocrat is concerned, Sun Yuanhua is qualified.

And Sun Yuanhua is also a disciple of Xu Guangqi.

Sang Kai said: "In Xia Lu, there is no number of eleven teachers in learning. I only learned the knowledge of water control. However, although I was reckless, I also listened to the idea of how to solve the problem of accurate shelling. ”

Gao Mingheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Brother Sang, please." ”

Sang Kai said: "The first division is friendly with the Westerners, and the Westerners rely on the cannon table. Then he told him how to make a cannon watch.

Actually, it's just one word: "try." ”

At this time, even Western shooting watches are purely empirical. However, it is just a collection of data into a table.

However, this is also better than the Daming artillery purely by luck, I don't know how much, even if Zhang Xuan trains the artillery under his command, it is also like this, the only difference, the artillery under Zhang Xuan, is about the same. The cannon table is almost the same, after all, it comes out of a mold. But the artillery of the officers and soldiers is like a work of art, all of them are different. So it's going to take a few more trials.

Gao Mingheng will be skeptical of this method, but now he can only trust Xu Wending's reputation. I hope that Xu Wending, a disciple, will not insult the teacher.

Before he could finish speaking, another servant came in and said, "Your Excellency." Governor Wu came with a person, saying that he was from the thief camp. ”

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